30 years ago today, we started putting images on the web. Marc Andreessen proposed adding the IMG tag to HTML.

That is, the very people in charge of building #ChatGPT want to believe SO BADLY that they are gods, creating thinking entities, that they have lost all perspective about what a text synthesis machine actually is.

I wish I could just laugh at this, but it's problematic because these people living in a fantasy world are also influencing policy decisions while also stirring up the current #AIhype frenzy, which also makes it more difficult to design and pass effective policy.

@natematias this is really not okay 😳
I am disheartened to read such a story.

Did you know? You can add a verifiable Mastodon link to your Read The Docs pages with a Sphinx "raw" directive:

.. raw:: html

<p>On Mastodon:
<a rel="me" href="https://hachyderm.io/@coveragepy">@coveragepy</a>.
</p>

Your #Python project can be a verified Mastodon link.

People on Twitter are using the shutting down of the mastodon.lol instance, to mean that Mastodon “is not a viable model”. Hard disagree.

A strength of Mastodon is that if one instance is shutting, you can easily move to another. It’s quite literally a strength of decentralised systems in action.

As a maintainer of OpenSource libraries and packages, there is something that kept feeling off in the whole Software Supply Chain discourse. I think this comes down to something simple.

I am not a Supplier.
You can read more explanation there https://www.softwaremaxims.com/blog/not-a-supplier

#opensource

After I did the story about the dad whose Google account was closed and deleted for taking a photo of his naked toddler for the doctor, I heard from a distraught mother in Colorado who was going through the same thing and didn't know why. Her Google account was disabled, taking with it her wedding photos, videos of her 9yo son growing up, tax documents, email and everything else. And she had no idea why. She was in tears. "It feels like my house burned down," she told me: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/30/technology/google-appeals-change.html

@danyching are you on LinkedIn? I think, I get approached several times a month, sometimes a week from recruiters.
It is incredible given the demand for Developers right now.

He talked about electric cars. I don't know anything about cars, so when people said he was a genius I figured he must be a genius.

Then he talked about rockets. I don't know anything about rockets, so when people said he was a genius I figured he must be a genius.

Now he talks about software. I happen to know a lot about software & Elon Musk is saying the stupidest shit I've ever heard anyone say, so when people say he's a genius I figure I should stay the hell away from his cars and rockets.

Looking forward to be able to add github verified link on my profile :-) Seems they are working on it - according to this comment:
https://github.com/community/community/discussions/6248#discussioncomment-4430877

Really great list of settings for VS Code by Arjan Codes : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj2tuTIcUys

I find finding settings in VS Code to be cumbersome... 😕

One of the things I would miss here on Mastodon was all of the alerts from my local infrastructure and government twitter accounts. These will likely take a very long time to make the migration.

With https://bird.makeup, you can create bot accounts that put those tweets in your Mastodon timeline. For instance, I follow the Washington State Patrol account for regional weather related road closures and accident reports:

@wspd7pio@bird.makeup

EDIT: I Should have tagged the project's creator: @vincent

Here's the correct link

https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/please-forward-this-to-anyone-who-got-a-raspberry-pi-for-christmas/

Did you remember all the gifts?

https://www.python.org/psf/donations

#python #dev #devcommunity #developer #opensource

Python 3.11 improvement:

This is a graph of CPU utilization for the web services that power #PyPI.

▶️ They upgraded from python 3.10 to 3.11
▶️ a significant and correlated drop in CPU usage

#python #python3 #pythonprogramming #programming #python311

Just in time for Christmas my Turing Pi back survey came today! I am overly excited, and cannot wait to have this product in my homelab!
I will most probably start with 4 compute modules, and later get the RK1 modules.
Currently I plan on running a CockroachDB cluster on it. Anyone else here a Turing Pi buyer as well? I would love to start a small community and share experiences.

https://turingpi.com/

#homelab #raspberrypi #turingpi #christmasgift

🧠 New episode of Brain Science! 🧠

Burnout is a state of physical, emotional & mental exhaustion caused by prolonged stress. It can affect ANYONE, but it is especially common among high-performers who push themselves to the limit.

In this episode, we dive into the latest research on burnout and its effects on the brain, as well as offer practical advice for preventing/managing burnout.

If you’re heading into ’23 feeling overwhelmed and drained, this is for you 💚

🎧 https://brainscience.fm/33

Hey, everyone who follows me who is hacking on somethigna round ActivityPub/fediverse — please reply here and share a link to your app/GitHub/Glitch! Would love to show off all the creativity that's happening right now. (And please boost so your friends can share their projects too.)

I asked for help on Mastodon and your support blew my mind. Now I want to give back:

https://journal.paoloamoroso.com/why-im-boosting-more-on-mastodon

Thank you all!

#mastodon

@killyourfm @pixelfed @funkwhale brave new world 😎 considering the same myself. Have to find some more kubernetes related news on here still, before making the bord go dead.